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Venue: Teams Meeting

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Items
No. Item

17.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

Minutes:

There were no apologies received.

18.

DECLARATION OF INTERESTS BY COUNCILLORS

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest declared.

19.

TO RECEIVE NOTIFICATION OF PETITIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COUNCIL'S PETITION SCHEME

Minutes:

None received.

20.

QUESTIONS BY COUNCILLORS

Minutes:

There were no questions by Councillors.

21.

MATTERS REFERRED BY THE OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY OR JOINT AUDIT AND STANDARDS COMMITTEES pdf icon PDF 102 KB

Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Joint Chair of the Joint Overview and Scrutiny Committee, Councillor Keith Welham, advised Members that report BCa/19/64 had been reviewed by the Joint Overview and Scrutiny Committee meeting on 04 September 2020. Councillor Welham outlined the recommendations made to Cabinet by the Joint Overview and Scrutiny Committee.

 

22.

MCa/19/73 FUTURE DELIVERY MODEL FOR PUBLIC REALM pdf icon PDF 986 KB

Cabinet Member for the Environment

Decision:

It was RESOLVED:-

 

1.1          That Mid Suffolk District Council confirmed that they would continue with an in-house delivery model for Public Realm.

 

1.2          That Option 4 of the report (LATCO) be retained as an option for future consideration by the Council.

 

Reason for Decision: The current contract with IdVerde for public realm services in Babergh District expires in October 2021, with no further options for an extension. Therefore, a decision must be made on what the Council’s wish to do in respect of the delivery of the public realm services.

 

Any Declarations of Interest Declared: None

 

Any Dispensation Granted: None

Minutes:

The Cabinet Member for the Environment introduced the report and outlined the recommendation contained within the report. Councillor Fleming thanked the Joint Overview and Scrutiny Committee for reviewing the report. Councillor Fleming also thanked Assistant Director for Environment and Commercial Partnerships and the Public Realm team for their hard work.

 

The recommendations in the report were proposed by Councillor Fleming and seconded by Councillor Hadingham.

 

Councillor Whitehead queried whether the Council’s would be able to offer their in-house services to Parish Councils without the need for LATCo. The Assistant Director for Environment and Commercial Partnerships confirmed that this was correct.

 

The Assistant Director for Environment and Commercial Partnerships responded to Councillor Eburne’s questions on issues including: how much money the Council had saved through the involvement of volunteers, and any plans to market the in-house services more widely.

 

In response to a query from Councillor Fleming, the Assistant Director for Environment and Commercial Partnerships provided Members with details of the role of the Environment Programme Board. The Chief Executive provided confirmation that the Programme Boards would provide feedback to Cabinet Members.

 

The Assistant Director for Environment and Commercial Partnerships introduced Colin Taylor from CGT Consulting Ltd and Mark Emms from Mark Emms Consulting, who assisted with the options appraisals and business case.

 

Following a query, the Assistant Director for Environment and Commercial Partnerships and Colin Taylor provided reassurance on the estimated costings of the proposed service.

 

Councillor Whitehead commented that the branding of the new combined services should be made visible to enable the residents of both Districts to see the Councils working together.

 

Members discussed the report in further detail during the closed session of the meeting. Members then resolved to return to open session in order to vote on the recommendations in the report.

 

It was RESOLVED:-

 

 

1.1          That Mid Suffolk District Council confirmed that they would continue with an in-house delivery model for Public Realm.

 

1.2          That Option 4 of the report (LATCO) be retained as an option for future consideration by the Council.

 

Reason for Decision: The current contract with IdVerde for public realm services in Babergh District expires in October 2021, with no further options for an extension. Therefore, a decision must be made on what the Council’s wish to do in respect of the delivery of the public realm services.

 

 

 

 

 

 

23.

EXCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC (WHICH TERM INCLUDES THE PRESS)

To consider whether, pursuant to Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972, the public should be excluded from the meeting for the business specified below on the grounds that if the public were present during this item, it is likely that there would be the disclosure to them of exempt information as indicated against the item.  The author of the report proposed to be considered in Part 2 of the Agenda is satisfied that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.

 

Minutes:

It was RESOLVED:-

 

That pursuant to Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 the public be excluded from the meeting for the business specified in the report on the grounds that if the public were present during the item, it is likely that there would be disclosure to them of exempt information.

24.

MCa/19/73 - PART 2 FUTURE DELIVERY MODEL FOR PUBLIC REALM

Cabinet Member for the Environment

Minutes:

Members discussed the report in further detail during the closed session of the meeting. Members then resolved to return to open session in order to vote on the recommendations in the report.

 

25.

PART 2 - MATTERS REFERRED BY THE OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE - CONFIDENTIAL MINUTE

Chair of Overview and Scrutiny Committee

Minutes:

Members considered the confidential minute of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee in discussion of the Future Delivery Model for Public Realm.